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kirby’s wonderful museum.
it, added, that though it would be inconvenient for her, yet,
as she seemed to be a clean kind of woman, she should have
a part of her bed, which produced a flood of thanks from her
grateful guest.
Mary, now wishing for an opportunity to reconnoitre the
widow ’s trunks, begged of her to go and buy her a little meat,
urging, that she was so unacquainted with the city, that she
could not go herself, (not choosing to recollect that she had
lived in York for a length of time;) this-, however, the widow
declined, prudently considering it rather improper to confide
so far in a stranger, and procured a girl, who was dispatched
to buy the meat. Soon as the mutton was boiled, Mary took
care to eat it all herself, but the broth she offered to her
hostess ; the widow7 not having been invited to partake of the
meat, refused to accept the broth, and Mary urged her to sup
it again and again, and lamented much that it should be wast-
ed. However, much against Mary’s will, the broth was at
length thrown out; and, after Mary had found lodgings in
York Castle, the widow strongly suspected it was Bateman-?
ized, and intended for her destruction, for Mary took care not
to touch it herself.
After a day or two thus spent in mutual harmony and edi-
fication, Mary decamped; but how7 was the widow surprised
and vexed to find her coffer emptied of a few guineas, of
which her daughter had lately made her a present, and her
house stripped of some of her wearing apparel.—-But Mary
was gone to start fresh game.
Few hearts are so hard as not to feel the impress of ten-
derness towards a parent, or affection towards a brother.
But in the obdurate subject of this history, either those feel-
ings had been obliterated, or had never been brought into ex-
istence, as the following incident will shew
A brother of Mary Bateman, w;ho had deserted from the
navy, came with his wife to live in Leeds, and lodged with
Bateman. Mary finding that her lodgers were a restraint
kirby’s wonderful museum.
it, added, that though it would be inconvenient for her, yet,
as she seemed to be a clean kind of woman, she should have
a part of her bed, which produced a flood of thanks from her
grateful guest.
Mary, now wishing for an opportunity to reconnoitre the
widow ’s trunks, begged of her to go and buy her a little meat,
urging, that she was so unacquainted with the city, that she
could not go herself, (not choosing to recollect that she had
lived in York for a length of time;) this-, however, the widow
declined, prudently considering it rather improper to confide
so far in a stranger, and procured a girl, who was dispatched
to buy the meat. Soon as the mutton was boiled, Mary took
care to eat it all herself, but the broth she offered to her
hostess ; the widow7 not having been invited to partake of the
meat, refused to accept the broth, and Mary urged her to sup
it again and again, and lamented much that it should be wast-
ed. However, much against Mary’s will, the broth was at
length thrown out; and, after Mary had found lodgings in
York Castle, the widow strongly suspected it was Bateman-?
ized, and intended for her destruction, for Mary took care not
to touch it herself.
After a day or two thus spent in mutual harmony and edi-
fication, Mary decamped; but how7 was the widow surprised
and vexed to find her coffer emptied of a few guineas, of
which her daughter had lately made her a present, and her
house stripped of some of her wearing apparel.—-But Mary
was gone to start fresh game.
Few hearts are so hard as not to feel the impress of ten-
derness towards a parent, or affection towards a brother.
But in the obdurate subject of this history, either those feel-
ings had been obliterated, or had never been brought into ex-
istence, as the following incident will shew
A brother of Mary Bateman, w;ho had deserted from the
navy, came with his wife to live in Leeds, and lodged with
Bateman. Mary finding that her lodgers were a restraint